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Facts checked 2026-09-24 by BrokerCatalogue research desk (from the firm's own site) · AI visibility: Pipswire index 2026-Q3
Prague, Czech Republic · founded 2015
FTMO is a proprietary trading firm based in Prague, Czech Republic, founded in 2015. It offers one-step, two-step evaluations on forex, indices, commodities, crypto, stocks, futures. Funded accounts go up to $200,000 (scaling to $2M). The profit split is 80% (up to 90%; 90% on 1-Step). Broker backing: OANDA (FTMO Group acquired OANDA Global Corporation, 2025).
| Evaluation models | One-step, Two-step |
|---|---|
| Asset classes | Commodities, Crypto, Forex, Futures, Indices, Stocks |
| Platforms | cTrader, DXtrade, MT4, MT5, TradingView |
| Maximum allocation | $200,000 (scaling to $2M) |
| Account sizes | $10k, $25k, $50k, $100k, $200k |
| Challenge fee from | €79 (1-Step $10k); €89 (2-Step $10k) |
| Profit split | 80% (up to 90%; 90% on 1-Step) |
| Payout frequency | bi-weekly (on demand after 14 days) |
| Daily drawdown limit | 5% (2-Step); 3% (1-Step) |
| Maximum drawdown | 10% static (2-Step); trailing 10% end-of-day (1-Step) |
| Minimum trading days | 4 (2-Step); none (1-Step) |
| Time limit | none |
| News trading | Restricted |
| Weekend holding | Restricted |
| EAs / algos allowed | Restricted |
| Broker backing | OANDA (FTMO Group acquired OANDA Global Corporation, 2025) |
| Status | active |
Sources: ftmo.com/en/trading-objectives/ · ftmo.com/en/comparison-table/ · ftmo.com/en/challenge/ · checked 2026-09-24
Fields we could not verify on the firm's own site are left out rather than guessed. Rules and prices change often; the firm's site is the binding version.
| Visibility score (0–100) | 47.5 / 100 |
|---|---|
| Rank among 76 prop firms | #1 |
| Named in AI answers | 58% |
| Sentiment (0–100) | 54 |
| Recommended | 58% of answers |
| Own website cited | 17% of answers |
| Share of voice | 12% |
| Engine | Score |
|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 65.9 |
| Perplexity | 60.8 |
| Gemini | 49.3 |
| Claude | 58 |
| Google AI Mode | 48.7 |
| Google AI Overview | 64.4 |
| Google top-10 | 0.8 |
| Market | Score | Rank in market |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 53.5 | #1 |
| Mexico | 51.4 | #2 |
| Germany | 50.6 | #1 |
| South Africa | 50.2 | #1 |
| Philippines | 49.7 | #1 |
| Malaysia | 49.5 | #1 |
Source: Pipswire AI Visibility Index, 2026-Q3 (CC BY 4.0), 2,344 answers across 5 AI engines and Google, 16 markets. Visibility is not a quality rating.
FTMO scores 47.5 / 100 on the Q3 2026 Pipswire AI Visibility Index (rank #1 of 76) and is named in 58% of AI answers about which prop firm to use.
FTMO pays a 80% (up to 90%; 90% on 1-Step) profit split, with payouts bi-weekly (on demand after 14 days).
Challenge fees at FTMO start at €79 (1-Step $10k); €89 (2-Step $10k) for account sizes of $10k, $25k, $50k, $100k, $200k.
Maximum drawdown is 10% static (2-Step); trailing 10% end-of-day (1-Step) and the daily drawdown limit is 5% (2-Step); 3% (1-Step).
No prop firm is a regulated broker: FTMO sells evaluations and funds (usually simulated) accounts, it does not hold client deposits under a financial licence. It is linked to OANDA (FTMO Group acquired OANDA Global Corporation, 2025).
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